A good tactic - Betting to Save

using-the-lottery-effect-to-make-people-save.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

IngDirect.com does this from time to time as well.

The quote that stands out to me is:

"The late, great investment manager Sir John Templeton warned me 20 years ago: "Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty." If you wonder how China, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan ended up amassing $1.65 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds, the answer lies largely in our own credit-card bills."

All these articles, polls and studies aside. The real measure of individual success and saving stares us down in our mirrors.
 
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